lapses

Noun

lapse (plural lapses)

1. A temporary failure; a slip.
   • memory lapse

   Synonyms:

   blooper, gaffe, thinko, aberration, bloomer, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger

2. A decline or fall in standards.
   • The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible, because it is only a mere cessation of activity1751 September 10, Samuel Johnson, “No. CLV”, in The Rambler, →OCLC
3. A pause in continuity.

   Synonyms:

   hiatus, moratorium, break, breather, cessation, demurral, gap, caesura, halt, halting

4. An interval of time between events.
   • Still onward winds the dreary way;
     ⁠I with it; for I long to prove
     ⁠No lapse of moons can canker Love,
     Whatever fickle tongues may say.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 43

   Synonyms:

   between-time, gap, interim, interlapse, meantime, meanwhile

5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.

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